Skyfall Poster

First Look: The New Bond Movie

The dramatic teaser poster for Skyfall has just hit the internet, and the trailer is expected as early as Monday. The poster shows a brooding Daniel Craig coming at us from the eye of the iconic Bond gun barrel — another indication that 007 is going back to basics (just in time for his 50th anniversary).

The trailer, meanwhile, is rumoured to open with an interrogation sequence that will see Her Majesty’s best-loved Secret Serviceman play a word association game under the watchful eye of senior agent Ralph Fiennes. It should then kick into a blistering series of snippets from the movie’s action sequences, including the explosive chase through the London Underground. Keep an eye out for all the action on AskMen this Monday.

One massive sequence that won’t be appearing in the trailer, though, is the Bond movie’s traditional pre-credit scene; it was still being filmed this week in Turkey. The action involves Bond on a carnage-filled pursuit of a dangerous villain across the Istanbul skyline on a motorbike, culminating in a desperate ruckus on the roof of a train.

Footage from the Skyfall set shows a dapper Dan dangling precariously from the moving train. Spy video taken earlier this year showed the stunt team working out a brutal dustup for Craig to get his teeth into. The use of Istanbul is a nod toward Bond creator Ian Fleming’s favourite city — another of the movie’s many touches to celebrate 50 fabulous years of Bond blowing up the big screen.